Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2024, Croatia's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 76.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 78.9.

Croatia ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.7% (from 75.5 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_mlexpec, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.